6 Nick Claussen blog posts are equal to 24 regular posts!
Is there anything better than a new recycling container?
Of course there is, but I’m still pretty excited about the new recycling container that I received free of charge from the city this week! It’s like Christmas came early!
Continue reading “New recycling containers are filled with excitement!”
Don’t you hate it when you are having a perfectly normal conversation and then suddenly you have no idea what happened?
Often at the end of a long day, I will turn to my wife or the children and let them know that I am thinking the same thing they are.
“You’re welcome,” I say quietly.
They usually pretend to not know what I am talking about, but I know they must be thinking, “Thank you, Nick, for being such a great and cool husband/father/stepfather/pet owner/neighbor/writer/co-worker/athlete/model citizen/Muppets fan.”
I don’t mean to brag, but there’s really no way around it. I am pretty amazing.
Day 1 cut off from society.
It all happened so quickly, but that’s how they say these things always go. One minute everything is fine, and the next your life is more messed up than a teenager’s room. Continue reading “Cut off from the world: A terrible tale of survival”
As a guy in his mid-40s (I know, I know, I look like I am in my 20s…) I often think that I am a strong, competent adult who is in control of his life.
And then I come home and clean up dog poop, scoop up cat litter, constantly open and close doors for pets and clean bird poop off of the television.
Sigh.
I love our family pets dearly, (on most days) and I get more out of the relationship than I put in, but they can be taxing. Speaking of getting out more than I put in for them, how do they make so much poop and how do the cats fill the litter boxes so full? I don’t think I feed them that much. Continue reading “Pets can teach us a great deal, but they also make too much poop”
nickclaussen.com 